Individuals often think of supercomputers when they consider big data and algorithms. They contemplate the largest and most powerful computers in the world processing billions of numbers and then creating a valuable output that a company then uses. While this illustration is close to the ideal of the big data-supercomputer…

Technological innovations are rapidly improving nearly every facet of our lives in this digital age. A central driving force behind this innovation is the emergence of new and complex streams of information, often referred to as big data. The sheer volume and velocity of this data renders traditional methods of…